Mayor Will Flanagan said he will continue to maintain a police presence for at least another two weeks at all schools in the city’s public school system.

Flanagan said he met with police Chief Daniel Racine and Superintendent Meg Mayo-Brown this week before deciding how to proceed with the assigned officers.

“Based on that discussion, they are continuing to improve safety measures and putting those plans in place,” Flanagan said. “We’ve decided to hold another meeting in two weeks, and officers will stay in place until that next meeting.”

After the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., and a subsequent threat at the Frank M. Silvia Elementary School that proved to be unconfirmed, Flanagan announced he was placing officers at all 16 of the district’s schools. With three school resource officers already in the district, the executive order required 13 officers be paid overtime for the posts.

Police have said the effort costs about $2,500 a day, and the money is being taken from a line item intended to pay for overtime walking beats. At the rate provided by the Police Department, each week costs about $12,500. The total line item budget for fiscal 2013 is $77,000.

Flanagan acknowledged the decision to keep officers in the schools is slowly draining the account but said it is worth the expense.

“There’s always the concern about reducing the line item, but given the fact of the feeling of security that having the officers there provides, I feel it’s appropriate that they remain in place at this time,” Flanagan said.